Voluntary consumer decisions to purchase electricity supplied from renewable energy sources represent a powerful market ….S. consumers have an option to purchase some type of green power product from a retail electricity provider. This report provides … programs available nationally. Section 3 describes companies that actively market green power in competitive markets and those …

today, the PV industry will be able to penetrate a larger fraction of the electricity market if PV systems are also used in … more than wholesale electricity, it is often assumed that PV will address, with incentives, the retail market long before …This paper explores the potential of utility-scale PV power, and, specifically, the opportunity that may arise for …

petroleum, natural gas, and electricity, projected trends in the real prices for these fuels were examined. The spread in the … energy possesses several important attributes in common with electricity (e.g., ease of maintenance and perceived security of … the next few decades, while electricity prices are projected to be more stable. Electricity prices will, however, remain …

In the last five years, China's refrigerator market has grown rapidly, and now urban markets are showing signs of … previous grade classification, ease of implementation, and potential impacts on the market. In this process, CLASP, with the … of the label on China's market, CLASP further provided assistance to CNIS to collect data on both the efficiency …

/provinces with demand response (DR) in the electricity sector. Demand-side resources are often overlooked as a viable option for … the form of decreased grid congestion, improved system reliability, market efficiency, price stabilization, hedging …

The market for small wind systems in the United States, often defined as systems less than or equal to 100 kW that … produce power on the customer side of the meter, is small but growing steadily. The installed capacity of domestic small wind … systems in 2002 was reportedly 15-18 MW, though the market is estimated to be growing by as much as 40 percent annually (AWEA …

market and develop projects among customers with few constraints on acceptable end use efficiency technologies. In contrast …. The major objectives of the LBNL evaluation were to assess market response and customer satisfaction; analyze program … trends in the electricity industry (i.e., increasing competition and the prospect of industry restructuring). …

ABSTRACT=Demand response (DR) is increasingly recognized asan essential ingredient to well-functioning electricity … markets. DRmarket potential studies can answer questions about the amount of DRavailable in a given area, from which market …-efficiency (EE) potential. In this scoping study,we: reviewed and categorized seven recent DR market potential studies;recommended a …

Markets for renewable electricity have grown significantly in recent years, motivated in part by federal tax incentives … example, motivated approximately 45% of the 4,300 MW of wind power installed in the U.S. from 2001 through 2004, while … less widely recognized driver for renewable energy market growth is poised to also play an important role in the coming …

Demand response (DR) has been broadly recognized to be an integral component of well-functioning electricity markets …), and other retail pricing mechanisms that communicate an incentive for electricity consumers to reduce their usage during … periods of high generation supply costs or system reliability contingencies. Efforts to introduce DR into retail electricity …